Ryan Firlotte died after police arrived at a local home where they found Firlotte and two other men suffering from gunshot wounds.
The two other wounded men were taken to the Regional Hospital where they remain.
Investigators later determined that the shooting happened at another location on Route 820 after a 35-year-old man was assaulted by two men in the Saint John area earlier in the day.
Police are describing the shooting as isolated incident but, say all four men involved knew each other.
Meanwhile, police say 28-year-old Jeffrey Defazio appeared in court in Saint John in connection with the assault earlier in the day.
